Prioress
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noun.
A nun in charge of a priory or ranking next below the abbess of an abbey.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A female prior, having charge of a religious house; a woman who is the coadjutor of and next in rank to an abbess.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
a
nun
in charge of a
priory
; an
abbess
or
mother superior
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
the superior of a group of nuns